About Us
JTMK Advisors is a personality and leadership consultancy built on a partnership founded at Northwestern University.
The assessment that we use is the Hogan Leadership Forecast Series Assessment, the most scientifically backed assessment traditionally used for the selection and development of C-suite leaders at many Fortune 500 companies.
Through our research and applied work, we have consulted on hundreds of LFS assessment results on top leaders in a variety of C-suite roles (primarily CEOs, also CFO, COO, and other executive leadership positions) as well as original founders and entrepreneurs who scaled companies up to millions of dollars in revenue and millions of users. Our unique scientific expertise spans an understanding of leadership personality across both entrepreneurial and standard corporate environments, allowing us to conceptualize a variety of hybrid leadership styles that will be most successful in each individual company and dynamic leadership teams.
Team
Dr. Jennifer Tackett
Dr. Jennifer Tackett is a co-founder of JTMK Advisors. Dr. Tackett is a professor of clinical and personality psychology at Northwestern University. Dr. Tackett, who is also the director of clinical psychology training program at Northwestern, received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota.
Melissa Kaufman
Melissa Kaufman is a co-founder of JTMK Advisors. She was previously the founding executive director of The Garage at Northwestern, a space and community for student entrepreneurs. Prior to The Garage, Melissa worked in Silicon Valley at Google and YouTube, and co-founded Storylark, an influencer marketing startup. Melissa has a BA in computer science from Dartmouth College.
Melissa and Jennifer worked together as research partners at Northwestern University and used the Hogan assessment to study the personalities of successful entrepreneurs and help develop successful student entrepreneurs. In 2020, they co-founded JTMK Advisors to bring their expertise to private consulting clients.